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The American RadioWorks documentary "Thurgood Marshall Before the Court" tracks the first African-American on the U.S. Supreme Court during his career as a civil rights lawyer. (Courtesy American RadioWorks)

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Thurgood Marshall Before the Court

Broadcast: Midday, 10/02/2006, 12:06 p.m.

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Thirty-nine years ago, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American on the Supreme Court. But Marshall had already earned a place in history, as the leader of an extraordinary legal campaign against racial segregation in America.

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